At the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, after 61 years Italy wins the gold medal in track cycling. The quartet formed by Francesco Lamon, Simone Consonni, Jonathan Milan and Filippo Ganna takes home the most precious medal after a splendid performance. An extraordinary time: 3’42 ″ 032, never in history four men on bikes had gone so fast.
Tokyo Olympics, gold to Italy in track cycling
The four athletes did not simply pedal, they flew on their bicycles, the only goal was to take the most precious medal, promise kept, goal achieved.
The Azzurri have achieved a historic feat after 61 years that Italy did not win a gold medal in this discipline. A feat against Denmark, the favorite since the beginning and already world champion.
The Italian race at the Tokyo Olympics in track cycling
They went very well from the first meter of the race. The fulminating departure of Francesco Lamon was then ridden by Simone Consonni, known as the “director” of the quartet, while the third relay runner Jonathan Milan, very young with innate talent, tried not to get caught up in the rhythm by the Danes. At that point, the man defined as “A train” in the registry office Filippo Ganna came into play, who closed the performance started by the three race colleagues with a flourish.
“WE ARE IN THE OLIMPOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!” ????????
Filippo Ganna, Simone Consonni, Jonathan Milan and Francesco Lamon win the gold medal in the pursuit with the new world record (3: 42.032): pure emotions! ????????♂️????????#HomeOfTheOlympics | #Tokyo2020 | #ItaliaTeam pic.twitter.com/c8mP87Q5pt
— Eurosport IT (@Eurosport_IT) August 4, 2021
The Italian medal table as of 5 August 2021 (11.00 Italian time)
Once again the blue team gives a great emotion. At the moment the medals won by the Azzurri are in total 34, and they are distributed as follows: 7 gold medals, 10 silver medals and 17 bronze medals. In the medal table at the moment Italy is in eighth position.
The medalist athletes at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics
- Elia Viviani bronze medal in the Omnium
- Massimo Stano, gold medal in the 20km walk
- Manfredi Rizza, silver in the K1 200 meter canoe
- Second medal for Paltrinieri, bronze in 1500
- Cycling, gold in the track pursuit with Francesco Lamon, Simone Consonni, Jonathan Milan and Filippo Ganna
- Ruggero Tita and Caterina Marianna Banti win gold in sailing
- Historic Ferrari, he is a silver medalist in the free body
- Marcell Lamont Jacobs wins gold in the 100 meters
- Gianmarco Tamberi, gold in the high jump
- Bronze male for the 4 × 100 mixed relay in swimming with Thomas Ceccon, Nicolò Martinenghi, Federico Burdisso and Alessandro Miressi conquer the bronze medal behind the USA (gold and world record) and Great Britain.
- Weights, bronze for Nino Pizzolato
- Silver medlar in archery
- Irma Bronze head in boxing
- Swimming, Simona Quadarella bronze in the 19th century
- Lucilla Boari bronze in the female bow
- Fencing, bronze for female foil with Arianna Errigo, Martina Batini, Alice Volpi and Erica Cipressa.
- Swimming, Paltrinieri silver in the 800s
- Historic gold in rowing for Federica Cesarini and Valentina Rodini
- Rowing, double lightweight bronze with Stefano Oppo and Pietro Willy Ruta
- Silver for the men’s team saber with Enrico Berrè, Luca Curatoli, Luigi Samele and Aldo Montano
- Bronze in the 4th without rowing men. The quartet was made up of Matteo Castaldo, Marco Di Costanzo, Matteo Lodo and Giuseppe Vicino. Di Costanzo replaced Bruno Rosetti at the last minute who had a positive covid-19 result before the race.
- Federico Burdisso, bronze in the 200 butterfly
- Giorgia Bordignon, silver in weightlifting
- Women’s sword team, bronze with Rossella Fiamingo, Federica Isola, Mara Navarria and Alberta Santuccio.
- Maria Centracchio, bronze in judo
- Daniele Garozzo, silver in foil
- Diana Bacosi, silver in skeet
- 4 × 100 freestyle, silver with Alessandro Miressi, Thomas Ceccon, Lorenzo Zazzeri and Manuel Frigo.
- Bronze in the 100 frog for Nicolò Martinenghi
- Mirko Zanni, bronze in weightlifting (67 kg category)
- Odette Giuffrida, bronze medal in judo (category -52 kg)
- Elisa Longo Borghini, bronze in cycling (online test)
- Vito Dell’Aquila, gold in taekwondo (category -58 kg)
- Luigi Samele, silver in the sword
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